Covid-19: are we still following the rules?
The Briefing Room
BBC
4.8 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
As more restrictions are put in place regarding who we can meet and where we can go, to what extent are we following the rules?
Is there any evidence of fatigue among the British public when it comes to adhering to government guidance designed to stop the spread of Covid-19?
David Aaronovitch looks at the latest restrictions put in place around the UK and maps our behaviour since lockdown was first introduced back in March.
What determines whether someone complies with the guidance or not? Will bigger fines encourage more people to fall in line? And to what extent do we actually understand what is being asked of us?
Contributors:
Dominic Casciani, BBC Home Affairs Correspondent
Prof Daisy Fancourt, University College London
Prof Jocelyn Raude, EHESP French School of Public Health, Rennes
Prof Linda Bauld, the University of Edinburgh
Team: Richard Fenton-Smith. Bob Howard & Kirsteen Knight Studio Manager: Rod Farquhar Editor: Jasper Corbett
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | The briefing room. |
| 0:06.8 | Open the auditory door, take a virtual chair |
| 0:09.7 | and spend 28 minutes being guided by the experts |
| 0:12.9 | through a tricky question of the moment. |
| 0:15.9 | Today, Britain has entered a new period of pandemic restrictions, |
| 0:20.7 | but will Britons comply with them? |
| 0:31.4 | Life is confusing right now for everyone. |
| 0:35.6 | In the north-east and other areas where extra tight measures have been brought in, |
| 0:41.2 | you should follow the guidance of local authorities, |
| 0:46.1 | but it's six in a home or six in hospitality, |
| 0:51.1 | but as I understand it, not six outside. |
| 0:53.7 | Which was wrong. |
| 0:55.4 | Boris Johnson later apologised for misspeaking. |
| 0:58.8 | But there are now around a third of the people in the UK |
| 1:01.3 | living under tighter restrictions. |
| 1:04.0 | And with the added complexity comes an additional worry |
| 1:06.8 | that a confused and touchy population might withdraw its compliance. |
| 1:12.0 | Is that worry justified? |
| 1:14.0 | How well do we understand what's been asked of us to stop the spread of the coronavirus |
| 1:17.7 | and how compliant are we? |
| 1:20.6 | Step into the briefing room and let's find out. |
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